YBPS
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I had an issue today with an explosion in the chamber resulting in a damaged bolt and some ringing ears. It was very loud….even with the suppressor that makes this whisper quiet.
The gun smith told me he would guess there was a barrel obstruction, but I know there was not. I had just shot it 5 minutes before. He scoped the barrel and it’s fine, but my bolt needs work and may need to be replaced.
It’s REM 700 and what I think happened is the bolt was not shut all the way. I looked my neighbors rem 700 and I was extremely surprised how you could still drop the firing pin with the bolt only half closed.
The extractor, broke, and it blew the primer. I didn’t even find a pice of it.
The bullet hit basically perfect on paper at 100 but it was about 150 FPS slower than my 3400 average.
I have shoot 350+ handloaded rounds with this load. Curreny shooting 49 grains and have shot up ro 51.3 with zero issues. Gun shoots so good I want it to last to I’m back at 49grns 3400 fps rather than 3650 with 50-51 grains.
Case is a 22-243AI with 75ELDM
So… let’s just say I didn’t get the bolt closed all the way… not because the round wouldn’t chamber, but I’m just so used to an easy bolt drop I just messed up. Does this sound like what could have happend? Anyone experience this?
The gun smith told me he would guess there was a barrel obstruction, but I know there was not. I had just shot it 5 minutes before. He scoped the barrel and it’s fine, but my bolt needs work and may need to be replaced.
It’s REM 700 and what I think happened is the bolt was not shut all the way. I looked my neighbors rem 700 and I was extremely surprised how you could still drop the firing pin with the bolt only half closed.
The extractor, broke, and it blew the primer. I didn’t even find a pice of it.
The bullet hit basically perfect on paper at 100 but it was about 150 FPS slower than my 3400 average.
I have shoot 350+ handloaded rounds with this load. Curreny shooting 49 grains and have shot up ro 51.3 with zero issues. Gun shoots so good I want it to last to I’m back at 49grns 3400 fps rather than 3650 with 50-51 grains.
Case is a 22-243AI with 75ELDM
So… let’s just say I didn’t get the bolt closed all the way… not because the round wouldn’t chamber, but I’m just so used to an easy bolt drop I just messed up. Does this sound like what could have happend? Anyone experience this?